Ancients => Orbiana, playin' easy to get!!

Swish!! I scored my new gal for $110 hammer (she was listed at $150 initial estimate) ... a cheap date

=> yup, that's another notch on the ol' chick-coin bedpost!!

Sure, she's not too all gussied-up ... but she wakes-up pretty well for a chick with no make-up on, eh?

Orbiana. Augusta, AR Denarius
Special marriage emission of Severus Alexander
Rome mint
AD 225-227, AD 225
Diameter: 18 mm
Weight: 2.61 grams
Obverse: Draped bust right, wearing stephane
Reverse: Concordia seated left on throne, holding patera and double cornucopia
Reference: RIC IV 319 (Alexander); RSC 1

 

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Nice addition, everyone has seen mine many times.


Orbiana (225 - 227 A.D.)
AR Denarius
O: SALL BARBIA ORBIANA AVG, draped bust right.
R: CONCORDIA AVGG,Concordia seated left holding double cornucopia and patera.
Rome
19mm
3.8g
RIC IV 319, RSC III 1, BMCRE VI 287, SRCV II 8191

 

Sweet coin, Mat (thanks for posting)

 

Oh sorry ... it goes with out saying, but I'll say it anwyay

=> please post any examples of Orbiana, or any other cool coin-gals that you feel like adding to this thread of mine

=> let's have a slumber-party!!

 

Orbiana's mother-in-law is crashing the slumber party


EGYPT, Alexandria. Julia Mamaea
year 13, CE 233/4
tetradrachm, 24 mm, 14.36 gm
Obv: IOVMAMAIACEBMHTECEKCTPA; Draped bust right, wearing stephane
Rev: Serapis enthroned left, holding scepter, extending his right hand toward Cerberus seated at his feet; on throneback, Nike standing right, holding wreath and palm frond; L IΓ (date) to left, palm frond to right
Ref: Emmett 3226.13 (R4); Köln 2540; Dattari (Savio) 4517; K&G 64.119

 

Gorgeous addition, TIF ... I knew that I could count on you, my friend (that's a winner)

 

Julia Mamaea


Crispina


Faustina-I


Faustina-II


Faustina-II


Galeria Valeria


Julia Domna


Lucilla


Herennia Etruscilla


... it's chick night!!

 

Tranquillina


Plautilla


Severina


Otacilia Severa


Otacilia Severa


Salonina


all together girls => "yeah, chick-coins!!"

 

Funny, eh?

=> I have zero left-facing chick-coins

... does anybody else have any girlie examples?

 

This coin of Empress Galeria was struck in Serdica. RIC VI - 43 .

 

Thanks for posting, Charles

 

I need more empresses! Here are a few more:


Grandmother of Elagabalus

PHOENICIA, Tyre. Julia Maesa
CE 218-224/5
AE 27, 12.71g (11h)
Obv: IVLIA MAE - SA AV[G] Draped bust right, wearing stephane
Rev: TVRIORVM Dido (?) standing left on deck of galley sailing right, extending right hand and holding cornucopia in left; to left, helmsman bending left over rudder (?); to right, sailor extending right hand and holding curved staff in left; stern decorated with a shield and aphlaston, [two murex shells] in exergue
Ref: CNG e320, 12 Feb. 2014, lot 323 (same dies). Rouvier 2408

Wife of Septimius Severus; mother of Caracalla and Geta:

MOESIA INFERIOR, Nikopolis ad Istrum
Julia Domna, Augusta. CE 193-217
AE 22 mm, 4.5 gm
Obv: IOVΛIA ΔOMNA CEBAC; draped bust right
Rev: NIKOΠOΛITΩN ΠPOC ICT; ithyphallic Priapus standing right
Ref: Varbanov 2858

 

Rated scarce, this coin of Empress Plautilla has a sharp eye appeal. Cohen 16 .

 

Steve, do you REALLY wanna see my Orbiana AGAIN ?

Oh, well...


Orbiana, Denarius Rome mint, AD 225
SALL BARBIA ORBIANA AVG, diademed and draped bust right
CONCORDIA AVGG, Concordia seated left on throne, holding double cornucopia and patera
3.08 gr
Ref : RSC # 1, Cohen # 1, RCV # 8191, RIC # 319

Q

 

You have quite a harem going there lil bro. How do the ladies like the zoo? Nice pickup.

JULIA MAMAEA
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: IVLIA MAMAEA AVG, diademed and draped bust right
REVERSE: FELICITAS PVBLICA, Felicity seated left, holding caduceus and cornucopia
Struck at Rome, 230 AD
2.9g, 21mm
RIC 338

 

Yup, that's a sweet Orbiana, Q ... thanks for posting



... thanks everybody

 

nice coins everyone, especially stevex's tranquillina drachma though, i almost pulled the trigger on one that sold in CNG today.

 

Please buy us!

 

Ooh, some nice Orbianas here. Steve, I briefly considered bidding on yours (didn't pay attention to who was already bidding on it), but didn't I'm the end. Anyway, I hope she'll like Canada!

JULIA PAULA

 

neat coin stevex! i couldn't remember who orbiana was at first (severus alexanders squeeze), i don't have a coin of her. i don't have many sweet ladies in general.

here's my favorite lady from 2015, and seems she hasn't been invited to the slumber party yet...



Helena, Mother of Constantine I. AE Follis, 325-330 AD
O: FL HELENA AVGVSTA, Pearl-diademed and mantled bust right, wearing necklace. R:SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left, holding branch pointing down; ∙ΓSIS in ex., Siscia mint, RIC 204. 20 mm, 2.6g